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"The offseason hot stove is already burning up just three days after the Warriors’ win. The Kings and Mavericks are open to moving down in the draft, according to multiple league front-office executives. Sacramento is in the asset-stacking business, while Dallas is trying to compete for the playoffs next season. The Clippers, who have the no. 12 and no. 13 picks, are one team pushing to move up, as I previously reported, and have interest in both Luka Doncic and Michael Porter Jr. The Bucks are one team to monitor, as they’ll use their no. 17 pick to bolster the roster around Giannis Antetokounmpo. League sources are split on what the Cavaliers will do with the no. 8 pick. Some think they’ll play it conservative and use the selection, rather than risk trading it to appease LeBron, only for him to leave. If they keep the pick, consider Alabama point guard Collin Sexton a strong possibility."

SI's mock draft has Landry Shamet as the 46th pick for Houston. Players
like Vanderbilt, Metu and Svi are all ranked lower than him.
Shamet is an okay player with a decent jumper, nothing else. The other 3 players are better than him in my opinion. Billy Preston is undrafted according to Si.

We're probably gonna draft a random guy from overseas that will take 4 years before he is able to come play for us. Then we will trade his rights to some other team before he can even put on our jersey.

Everyone's talking about Luka Doncic as the safest pick in this year's draft, out of all top10 picks. I would disagree. Mikal Bridges is the safest one. There's no way he would be a bust in this league. Very solid rotational player, huge peace to a championship team. Not a star though. I can see Celtics (or any other smart contender) gunning for this guy.

Everyone's talking about Luka Doncic as the safest pick in this year's draft, out of all top10 picks. I would disagree. Mikal Bridges is the safest one. There's no way he would be a bust in this league. Very solid rotational player, huge peace to a championship team. Not a star though. I can see Celtics (or any other smart contender) gunning for this guy.

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Well, Luka is definitely up there with his basketball IQ and skillset. Could already help most playoff teams. If you consider not becoming an All-Star BUSTING, then yeah Doncic could be a bust. But there's no way he doesn't become at least a very good rotational player, unless injuries.

Rockets are so irrelevant when it comes to the NBA draft. Even when they had a decent pick, Daryl Morey's eye for talent is questionable. Capela was his last good pick.

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Draft pick isn't just a 'Morey decision'. There's a lot more people involved in the process (scouts, analytics department etc.) and they provide feedback. Based on that information Morey and maybe a couple of other people make the decision.

Draft pick isn't just a 'Morey decision'. There's a lot more people involved in the process (scouts, analytics department etc.) and they provide feedback. Based on that information Morey and maybe a couple of other people make the decision.

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Then as a unit they haven’t been successful in the 1rst round and Morey being the GM gets the blame which is warranted.

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